What's going on in town this week?
Sounds Around Town in Clarksdale starting Wednesday, September 19, 2018.
VIDEOS IN POST
Sat., 9/22 – RED’S OLD-TIMERS BLUES FEST (free!)
MLK Park Stage near Red’s Lounge:
11AM – Henry “Gip” Gipson
NOON – Cadillac John Nolden
1PM – Frank “Guitar” Rimmer
2PM – Little Joe Ayers
3PM – R.L. Boyce
4PM – Stone Gas Band
5PM – “Gearshifter” Youngblood
6PM – Big George Brock
7PM – Super Chikan
Times approximate; line-up subject to change.
Red’s Old Timers Blues Festival Poster
Clarksdale, Mississippi’s SOUNDS AROUND TOWN features 7-nights-a-week of blues and more, y’all!
PLUS, PLAN NOW for special Clarksdale events like these:
9/20 – Cutrer Concert (www.cutrermansion.com) on Grand Lawn w/Blackwater Trio, 6pm — Picnic Baskets available from Yazoo Pass (www.yazoopass.com)!
9/22 – Red’s Old-Timers Blues Fest on MLK Park Stage, 11am-8pm, https://www.gofundme.com/
9/24-30 – Paint The Town: Amazon to Clarksdale Street-Art Event (w/blues on 9/29), https://www.facebook.com/
9/27 – Clarksdale White House Home Concert w/John Mohead, 6:30pm, www.deltabohemian.com Purchase tickets HERE.
9/29 – Deak’s Harmonica Block Party, noon-8pm, www.deakharp.com
And even more in October… https://www.cathead.biz/
– 10/7 – SUPER BLUES SUNDAY: Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (9am), Bluesberry Cafe Blues Breakfast (10am), 2nd Street Blues Party, Hopson/Shackup’s Pinetop Perkins Celebration (3pm), Levon’s Sunday Ramble (3:30pm), Red’s Juke Joint Jam (8pm) and more!
– 10/11-14 – Deep Blues Fest & Busking Stages
– 10/11-13 – MS Delta Tennessee Williams Festival
– 10/13 – Cruzn The Crossroads Car & Truck Show
– Halloween weekend 2018 – Hambone Festival & related events
– New Year’s weekend 2018 – Spend NYE at the Crossroads!
– UPCOMING:
Thursday, November 29, 2018 – Caleb Elliott, guitarist and cellist. Home Concert at Clarksdale White House (Subscribe to The Delta Bohemian to be the first to know when tickets go on sale!)
Thursday, March 28, 2019 – Jazz musician and composer Anthony Wilson Home Concert at Clarksdale White House. (Subscribe to The Delta Bohemian to be the first to know when tickets go on sale!)
SOUNDS AROUND TOWN is part of Clarksdale, Mississippi’s efforts to revitalize our historic downtown and promote our region’s blues music to the world. In the past decade and a half, we’ve gone from (maybe) 2 nights a week to 7 nights a week of live blues, each and every week. We’ve also added around a dozen new, annual festivals!
RED’S OLD-TIMERS BLUES FESTIVAL coming to Clarksdale, Mississippi, Sept. 22nd! An old-timer himself, Red Paden of Red’s Lounge fame, is organizing a brand-new, real-deal blues fest (along with assistants Orlando Paden and Mac Crank, among others). And… HE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!
Go here: https://www.gofundme.com/red039s-oldtimers-blues-festival
Please give early and often to Red’s GoFundMe campaign. and SHARE, SHARE, SHARE! Thanks, y’all.
Please continue to spread the word, and support live music whenever you can. It really does make a difference. Thanks for your support!
Son of the South MOHEAD Home Concert Thursday, September 27, 2018
MEGA-Fest Weekend in Clarksdale
Pinetop Homecoming 2018
Hambone Festival 2018
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art
252 Delta Avenue
Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614
662-624-5992 • www.cathead.biz
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PLUS, when you visit Bluestown, USA, be sure to visit our museums:
– Delta Blues Museum, open Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm; closed Sun.
– Rock & Blues Museum, open Thurs-Tues, 10am-5pm; closed Wed.
MONDAYS always Hopson Commissary and Bluesberry Cafe.
TUESDAYS always Hambone Gallery.
WEDNESDAYS always GZBC and Red’s Lounge.
THURSDAYS always GZBC and sometimes Red’s Lounge
FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS multiple venues.
SUNDAYS always Bluesberry in the morning, Levon’s in the afternoon and Red’s Lounge at night.
Plus more pop up from week to week!
⬇︎ Want to know what to expect when you come here? ⬇︎
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LOCAL INFORMATION HERE:
http://www.deltabohemiantours.com/local-info.html
Link includes Clarksdale Live Music Venues Guide
Top 10 Juke Joint Rules
Top 10 Things To Do in Clarksdale
and more.
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Need a place to stay while you are in Clarksdale?
Check out the CLARKSDALE WHITE HOUSE!
Check out the Delta Bohemian Guest House!
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Sounds Around Town in Clarksdale – Stay at the Delta Bohemian Guest House
Sounds Around Town ad courtesy of First National Bank in Clarksdale. Design from Nan Pharr of Pharr Bros Advertising in Clarksdale. Thank you, Roger Stolle, for producing this Sounds Around Town for our locals and visitors. WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE COMMENTS AND SHARING
Hi.
I was in Clarksdale for some days in November. Stayed at the Shack Up Inn .
I enjoyed the stay and Clarksdale enormously, music, people, The Delta Blues Museum………
Will be back.
Ola from Sweden
Thanks for commenting, Ola. We are glad you enjoyed yourself here. You must come back to Clarksdale and the Mississippi Delta again!! Thanks for reading the DB, too. 😉
Ola, thank you for making Clarksdale a destination during your travels in the South and thank you for taking the time to share that with our readers and us. Please come back soon!
Madgical
P.S. The Swedish Ambassador and his family stayed in our Delta Bohemian Guest House recently. They felt right at home….the curtains are made with linen fabric from Sweden! 🙂